Don't assume the world evolved in the order in which you discovered it.

Never underestimate the potential for human stupidity when wealth and power are at stake.

Dolgan: ’Tis a wise thing to know what is wanted, and wiser still to know when ‘tis achieved. Rhuagh: True. And still wiser to know when it is unachievable, for then striving is folly.

Neal had a couple of good ideas and they fit nicely, so that's the way I decided to go.

There is no idea so brilliant or original that a sufficiently-untalented writer can't screw it up.

The first love is the difficult love.

But for the most part, love is a recognition, an opportunity to say, 'There is something about you I cherish.